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Machine Quilting the Home Sweet Home Quilt

Learn the fundamentals of machine quilting on your home machine. Frieda Anderson teaches more than a dozen free-motion designs and an easy binding.

Take your next big step into quilting proficiency as Frieda Anderson shows you how to create a beautifully quilted surface using your home sewing machine. Frieda eliminates the fear factor by guiding beginning machine quilters step-by-step through setting up your materials and workspace, practicing more than a dozen filler stitches, and binding and finishing for a polished final result.

Complete written instructions are included for piecing the cute "Home Sweet Home" quilt design. Once you're ready to turn your pieced top into a finished quilt, Frieda joins you on the Craftsy platform as you set up your work space for free-motion success, then sandwich and baste your quilt. You'll learn 14 different free-motion quilting variations, plus a fast, neat and easy binding method.

Lesson plan

15:34

Lesson 1. The Home Sweet Home Quilt

Meet your instructor, hand dyeing artist and quilter Frieda Anderson. Receive a brief overview of the class and learn helpful tips on how to set up your work station and machine for comfort and efficiency.

12:04

Lesson 2. Basting the Quilt

Discover Frieda's professional basting tips that will leave your quilt pucker-free! You'll be amazed at what you can achieve with spray sizing and paper clips as you fold, iron and pin your quilt in preparation for quilting.

25:48

Lesson 3. Basic Designs

Let's get stitching! In this lesson, Frieda explains how to stitch in the ditch to create an anchor before demonstrating Loop-the-Loop, Frog Eggs, Curly Ques and Stippling.

9:59

Lesson 4. Pivoting Stitches

Move from round stitches to angles as you practice various ways to pivot. You'll stitch Stars, Bark and Frieda's Me, Me, Me designs on quilt sandwiches until you're ready to add them to the class project or a quilt of your own.

14:53

Lesson 5. Cluster Stitches

Discover the fun of cluster stitches as you gain confidence in your machine skills! Frieda shows you how to create Flower Clouds, Onions and Trippy Flowers, offering great tips along the way.

14:10

Lesson 6. Baptist Fan

Experiment as you recreate Baptist Fan stitches, working on the traditional method, a beautiful variation and different ways to implement them into your quilts.

23:26

Lesson 7. Feather Stitches

Learn how to make a variety of stitches with the aid of marking tools! Frieda walks you through each step of creating beautiful open feathers, feathers with spines and more that can be pre-planned and changed to your heart's content.

15:14

Lesson 8. Binding & Finishing

Turn finishing from a chore into a delight as you learn how to apply binding, press and finish your quilt with time-saving tips from start to finish. Frieda finishes the class with a trunk show of stitching techniques and design details that are guaranteed to get your creative juices flowing.

"I am learning so much from this class. Frieda is a terrific teacher and has a great sense of humor. I've admired her quilts for a long time and am happy I purchased this class." - Karma48

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Lesson plan

15:34

Lesson 1. The Home Sweet Home Quilt

Meet your instructor, hand dyeing artist and quilter Frieda Anderson. Receive a brief overview of the class and learn helpful tips on how to set up your work station and machine for comfort and efficiency.

12:04

Lesson 2. Basting the Quilt

Discover Frieda's professional basting tips that will leave your quilt pucker-free! You'll be amazed at what you can achieve with spray sizing and paper clips as you fold, iron and pin your quilt in preparation for quilting.

25:48

Lesson 3. Basic Designs

Let's get stitching! In this lesson, Frieda explains how to stitch in the ditch to create an anchor before demonstrating Loop-the-Loop, Frog Eggs, Curly Ques and Stippling.

9:59

Lesson 4. Pivoting Stitches

Move from round stitches to angles as you practice various ways to pivot. You'll stitch Stars, Bark and Frieda's Me, Me, Me designs on quilt sandwiches until you're ready to add them to the class project or a quilt of your own.

14:53

Lesson 5. Cluster Stitches

Discover the fun of cluster stitches as you gain confidence in your machine skills! Frieda shows you how to create Flower Clouds, Onions and Trippy Flowers, offering great tips along the way.

14:10

Lesson 6. Baptist Fan

Experiment as you recreate Baptist Fan stitches, working on the traditional method, a beautiful variation and different ways to implement them into your quilts.

23:26

Lesson 7. Feather Stitches

Learn how to make a variety of stitches with the aid of marking tools! Frieda walks you through each step of creating beautiful open feathers, feathers with spines and more that can be pre-planned and changed to your heart's content.

15:14

Lesson 8. Binding & Finishing

Turn finishing from a chore into a delight as you learn how to apply binding, press and finish your quilt with time-saving tips from start to finish. Frieda finishes the class with a trunk show of stitching techniques and design details that are guaranteed to get your creative juices flowing.

The instructor

Frieda Anderson, Instructor of Machine Quilting the Home Sweet Home Quilt

Frieda is an award winning quilt artist. She is a faculty member of the Chicago School of Fusing. Fusing is a fun and fast way to make beautiful art quilts to hang in your home or give to your special friends. Her patterns and quilts have been featured in many international magazines and she has published several books, including Fun Fast Fusies and Fabric to Dye For.

Ratings & reviews

Class rating

(10 reviews)

Cleo Cat

by cleo cat on December 21, 2014

Great freeing

Great freeing

Excellent

by Mazzaz on June 5, 2014

An excellent teacher.

An excellent teacher.

Thank for this class

by Waterlily222 on December 26, 2013

I learn +++ in this class.very informative for me. Happy new Year 2014 and I hope see you later in others classes.

I learn +++ in this class.very informative for me. Happy new Year 2014 and I hope see you later in others classes.

Loved it!

by SewChickie on August 4, 2013

Frieda is an excellent teacher with a solid working knowledge of her craft. She designed a simple, colorful project for students to practice each FM design she was teaching and demonstrated them all well. She has a lovely quirky personality that is fun and funny at the same time. I liked her FM designs so much, I ordered her FM Machine Quilting Book. She also offered a bonus pattern, which I really appreciated. Fuse on! Frieda :)

Frieda is an excellent teacher with a solid working knowledge of her craft. She designed a simple, colorful project for students to practice each FM design she was teaching and demonstrated them all well. She has a lovely quirky personality that is fun and funny at the same time. I liked her FM designs so much, I ordered her FM Machine Quilting Book. She also offered a bonus pattern, which I really appreciated. Fuse on! Frieda :)

one of my students sent me this review.

by Frieda Anderson on June 17, 2013

Frieda is a wonderful teacher and explains things very thoroughly. She even went out of her way to send me the leaf variation of the project and then sent revisions to make sure it was accurate. I have enjoyed her class and method of teaching immensely.

Susan fromWisconsin

Frieda is a wonderful teacher and explains things very thoroughly. She even went out of her way to send me the leaf variation of the project and then sent revisions to make sure it was accurate. I have enjoyed her class and method of teaching immensely.